C41
Kodak Portra 160
Kodak Portra 160 is a professional C-41 color negative film with fine grain, soft contrast, and natural color.
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The Chamonix 45N-2 (2008) is a 4×5 field camera built from teak wood with carbon fiber, aluminum, and titanium hardware. Folds flat to 200 × 200 × 90 mm and weighs 1.85 kg — among the lightest 4×5 field cameras ever produced. Full **front and rear movements**: front rise, fall, shift, tilt, swing; rear tilt and swing. Bellows extension to 350 mm allows lenses from 75 mm wide to 360 mm tele. Linhof Technika lensboards (universal in modern LF). Integrated bubble levels. Made in Hangzhou, China.
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C41
Kodak Portra 160 is a professional C-41 color negative film with fine grain, soft contrast, and natural color.
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Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.
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Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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About this camera
A modern lightweight wooden 4×5 field camera. Made in China, sold globally, the most-popular new LF camera of the 2010s and 2020s.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 4×5 |
| Mount | Linhof Technika lensboard (small) |
| Years | 2008–present (multiple revisions) |
| Bellows | 350 mm extension |
| Movements | Front: rise/fall, shift, tilt, swing. Rear: tilt, swing. |
| Build | Teak + carbon fiber + titanium hardware |
| Weight | 1,850 g |
| Battery | None |
Hugo Zhang founded Chamonix Camera in Hangzhou around 2005 to produce modern wood field cameras inspired by Wista and Ebony. The 45N-1 (2006) was the original; the 45N-2 (2008) refined the design with improvements to the bellows mount and rear standard locks. Production has continued through multiple minor revisions. Chamonix also makes 45F-2 (more rigid focusing version), 5×7, 8×10, 11×14, and 4×10 / 7×17 panoramic models. They are one of the very few LF camera makers still designing new 4×5 bodies in 2026.
The Chamonix 45N-2 is the field camera that made high-end LF accessible. A new 45N-2 ships at $1,500 with case and lensboard — half the price of an Ebony field camera and a third the price of a Linhof Master Technika. Build quality is excellent (the teak/carbon/titanium combination is genuinely premium), the movements are precise, and the camera is light enough to backpack with.
For 2026 LF photographers who want a new field camera (not a 50-year-old Linhof or Wista), the Chamonix is the de facto choice. Trade-off: the wood body is less rigid than the all-metal Master Technika; for studio repeatability, metal beats wood marginally.
Linhof Technika lensboards (small format). Lenses: any 4×5 LF lens with a Copal 0 or Copal 1 leaf shutter — Schneider, Rodenstock, Fujinon, Nikkor — mounted on a Technika board. Common: Schneider Symmar-S 150/5.6, Schneider Super-Angulon 90/5.6, Fujinon-W 180/5.6, Nikkor SW 75/4.5, Rodenstock Sironar-N 150/5.6. Roll-film backs (Linhof Super Rollex, Sinar Zoom) for 6×7 / 6×9 / 6×12 on 4×5 body.
BW
Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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